WELCOMES the approval of the governing instrument for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the way forward outlined in the Durban Decisions with regard to the expeditious full operationalization of the GCF; REITERATES that the Fund is to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change; REITERATES FURTHER that the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low – emission and climate – resilient development paths by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts ...[+++] of climate change in developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of Climate Change; WELCOMES that the Fund will catalyse climate finance, both public and private, and at the international and national level; ENCOURAGES the Board to develop methods to enhance complementarity between the GCF and other relevant bilateral, regional and global funding mechanisms and institutions, to better mobilize the full range of financial and technical capacities and improve the overall effectiveness of international climate finance;

The EU should use this opportunity to strengthen its cooperation with its international partners, including to work towards a gradual development of global carbon markets to support efforts of developed and developing countries to implement low-emission development strategies, and ensure that all climate financing contributes to "climate proof" development opportunities.

The Correctional Service of Canada has in fact made progress, has in fact become more culturally competent, has put more effort into policy clarification, has increased its efforts in terms of recruiting and retaining aboriginal staff throughout the service, and has developed and tested good programs.

Asks national and local authorities to develop programmes targeted at young people that incorporate the intergenerational dimension, so that the younger generation understand that the current levels of prosperity and welfare are due to the efforts and hardships of previous generations;

Commenting on today's decision, Franz FISCHLER, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, said: "This decision demonstrates the Commission's continued effort to make our market organisation "fraud-proof".

2. Welcomes efforts made by the Commission to propose fraud-proof legislation and, whilst urging the Commission to continue along this path, calls upon Council together with Parliament to assume proper responsibility for preventing irregularities through fraud-proof legislation;